cf-service-connect

Cloud Foundry CLI Service Connection Plugin

This plugin makes it easy to connect to your databases or other Cloud Foundry service instances from your local machine. This condenses the steps listed in Accessing Services with SSH to a single command.

Requires Diego architecture with SSH enabled.

Support

Currently supports (most) service brokers for the following:

• MongoDB (requires mongo shell)
• MySQL (requires mysql CLI)
• PostgreSQL (requires psql CLI)
• Redis (requires redis-cli)

Local installation

1. Install the Cloud Foundry CLI v6.15.0 or later.

2. Install this plugin, using the appropriate binary URL from the Releases page.

   cf install-plugin <binary_url>
   # will be of the format
   # https://github.com/cloud-gov/cf-service-connect/releases/download/<version>/cf-service-connect_<os>-<arch>
   # For non-M1 Macs, use `cf-service-connect_darwin_amd64`
   # For M1 Macs, use `cf-service-connect_darwin_arm64`
   

3. Install the CLI corresponding to your service type (see above).

Usage

Note If you are using this tool to connect to a service on cloud.gov, your space must be configured with the trusted_local_networks_egress security group. Do this by running cf bind-security-group trusted_local_networks_egress ORG --space SPACE with your organization and space. Skipping this step will result in a connection refused error. For more, see cloud.gov: Controlling egress traffic.

• app_name is the name of the app in your space you want to tunnel through.
• service_instance_name is the service instance you wish to connect to.

$ cf target --organization <org> --space <space>
$ cf connect-to-service <app_name> <service_instance_name>
Finding the service instance details...
Setting up SSH tunnel...
...
mysql>

If you get an error such as "connection refused", "error opening SSH connection", or "psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused" this is usually caused by being on a network that blocks the SSH port that this tool is trying to use. Try using a different network, or consider asking your network administrator to unblock the port (typically 22 and/or 2222).

Note for Windows

If you are in Windows or another environment where the Cloud Foundry CLI was installed as cf7 or cf8, you can set an environment to tell the plugin what binary name to use for the Cloud Foundry CLI:

CF_BINARY_NAME=cf7 cf connect-to-service <app_name> <service_instance_name>

Manual client connection

If you're using a non-default client (such as a GUI), run with the -no-client option to set up your client connection on your own.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md